Reading One Book Does Make A Difference
The old adage that hard work pays off is true. Remember back in January when the library asked the Christian County community to read one million minutes for the 2020 Winter Reading Challenge? The goal was to become a top-performing library district eligible to earn awards from Penguin Random House. For those who do not recall, we actually read 1,123,623 minutes. That dedication paid off because we are excited to announce we won a 2020 Winter Reading Challenge prize!
The Christian County Library was one of only 50 libraries to receive $1,000 worth of Children’s and Young Readers books. Thank you to all those devoted readers and teachers across the county that diligently logged their reading minutes all month to reach this goal. These new books will be used to build the children’s collection in the two new community library branches located in the cities of Clever and Sparta.
Speaking of the new community library branches, have you been following along with our progress? If not, let us catch everybody up to speed. Construction began in Clever around mid-April. The ground excavation work is complete and just last week the foundation was poured. Soon we should see the building’s framing starting to go up. In Sparta, we have received the building permit and the excavation work is nearly complete.
Now that everyone is caught up, make sure to stay current with the construction process by visiting our expansion webpage at christiancountylibrary.org/expansion to view photos of the construction site, building plans, and completion timeline. There is also a live time-lapse photo feed of the Sparta Community Branch updated every ten minutes allowing everybody the ability to view the construction process immediately and in real-time.
The Christian County Library’s mission is to spread literacy, build community, provide needed resources, and be a general help to the people in our county. With the expansion and building of these two community branches, there will be four full-service community library branch locations across the Highway 14 corridor resulting in 95% of the Christian County population being within just ten miles of a library. Hard work is paying off.
If anybody missed out on the 2020 Winter Reading Challenge do not worry, the Summer Reading Challenge is happening now through August 15, 2020. So far, we have collectively read over 700,000 minutes! Continue to log points on Beanstack by reading books, completing activities, and writing book reviews. Every 500 points earned is one entry into the prize pack drawing of your choice. This Summer’s prize packs include Nintendo Switch, Disney+ subscription, Instant Pot, wireless headphones, and much more.
For more information about the construction process or the Summer Reading Challenge visit us at christiancountylibrary.org or on our social media platforms. We are all building our community one book at a time!